A normal human schoolgirl receives magical powers from a flower that blooms once every seven year in this magical fantasy by Japanese animator and filmmaker Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
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Ben Whishaw meets a ‘London Spy’
There is indeed a spy in London Spy (2015) but this BBC mini-series is not a traditional espionage drama. Danny (Ben Whishaw) is a club-culture young gay man with a dreary day job who meets the closeted, emotionally suppressed Alex (Edward Holcroft), a genius with numbers but awkward with people. He’s an investment banker who […]
Blu-ray: ‘Nicholas Nickleby’ on Twilight Time
Nicholas Nickleby (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) (2002) – You can’t fault Douglas McGrath for his ambition. Determined to bring Charles Dickens’ 900 page semi-autobiographical novel to the screen, he condenses, chops, and briskly skips through what’s left of a dense pattern of improbably colorful characters, and still winds up with a Dickens of a tale. The […]